I'm Still Alive

Wow, I don't know if anyone even reads this anymore. Probably not since it's been like forever since I wrote anything but I had 15 minutes to kill so here I am. I'm sure life is much the same since the last time I blogged. Well except Jesse is graduated now and working full time which is great. I love having some extra money for a change. I've also kicked it up a notch so that I'm taking 2 classes a semester now on top of my 40 hour work week. Jesse thinks I'm nuts but I'm bound and determined that I cam going to convocate sometime before I die. If I can squeeze in a Masters as well that would be great. This week however I am kicking back and enjoying the fact that I am done my finals while trying not to stress out too much about Christmas. Somehow my idea of staying in Regina and having a quiet Christmas at home turned into an open invitation for all my friends and relatives to come and have their Christmases at our house instead. Sorry did I say "house" I meant apartment. Small, 2 bedroom, apartment. So this year I am hosting 3 seperate Christmases complete with friends, siblings, parents, neices/nephews, the whole nine yards. Yeesh!
The first one starts this weekend with my family (aka my sister and her husband and kiddos and maybe my Mom), then we're having friends over for Christmas Eve and leading into Christmas Day (when my Mom will join us again) , then on Boxing Day Jesse's family shows up (his parents and brother with his wife and 2 kids) and we do Christmas again (stockings and all) and well as celebebrate Dad's Birthday. However, despite all this I somehow managed to get the whole New Years weekend free and since Jesse works I intend to do nothing but sit at home under the electric blanket I asked for, and drink coffee (maybe from the Tassimo I asked for) and read the books I bought with the gift certificates I asked for. I can't wait.
Wow that turned into a Christmas rant really fast. And now I'm outta time.
Ciao everyone and Merry Christmas. I hope your holidays are going to be more relaxing than mine.

Just A Quickie

Okay, I know I haven't blogged in like FOREVER so I'm going to quickly slam something out while I wait for Jesse to get out of the bathroom.
Not much is new here. Christmas was good but way to busy and stressful. We had Christmas at our house with my family and then went to Calgary for a weeks worth of relatives there too. I was tired when I got back which probably accounts for the bout of Shingles that I got about a week ago. So I got to use up two of my sick days already in the first week of the year.
Other than that it's just school and work. I'm taking another Psyc class at the same time with the same prof as last semester so it's not even like taking a new class, but I got a really good grade last semester so I'm hoping that this class will be another nice little boost to my GPA. Jesse is good and in his pseudo-last semester of University, he'll have a couple of spring/summer classes and then he'll be done. So that's what we're focusing on now (and if anyone else asks when we're moving back to Alberta because Jesse is graduating I'm going to spit on them).
Well he's out of the bathroom now and waiting for me so I gotta go. I hope this little blog satisfies you all for now.
Ciao

Okay so I never said that I was a good blogger. But I still benefit from reading others' blogs so I thought that I should throw you all a bone of info on my life once and awhile. Not that much has been going on. I mean Ken and Kathy just moved 2 provinces away on a whim, Darrell just moved continents, Nikki's busier than 2 of me put together and just broke up with her boyfriend, so compared to that my life seem pretty boring. Work is going well I guess. Things are pretty slow this time of year not not much is going on. I threw my manager in jail today (Jail n' Bail style) so he's busy raising money for cancer right now. That was the excitment for the week work-wise. School is good I have my first midterm tomorrow. It's not going to be hard, it's just a lot of info (you gotta love freshman classes for that). Other than that we got our first Christmas present yesterday! We bought an elliptical that Jesse's parents are going to pay for. Hopefully it will help us get into better shape. I'm also taking an aquafit class with some friends some work which is tons of fun. Watch out by this time next year you won't recognize me I'll be so skinny :). I feel bad asking Jesse's parents to buy us the elliptical though. We would have bought it ourselves except that Student Loans suck and didn't give us any money so we very very broke and not really making ends meet every month. It's going to get pretty interesting when tuition is due next semester. But on a happy note I just found out that Leanne and Andrew are breezing through town on Friday and are going to crash at our house for a night. I'm excited because we never get to see them. We really should make a trip to Winnipeg sometime soon. So the only other thing that's going on besides Thanksgiving (where J is going to make sure I gain back any weight I might have lost) is our anniversary next Tuesday. We can't really afford to do anything but 3 years isn't a huge deal anniversary-wise. I have to work that day so we'll probably just hang out that night.
We'll I hope that this is enough of an update for now. I'll try to keep you all most posted in the future but I'm not guaranteeing anything.
Ciao.

BRACES SUCK!!!

Braces suck! Yes I know that all you out there who have had them are thinking yes they do but it gets better and it's all worth it in the end. Well it's not the end yet and they suck! Can't I be one of those people who says that it doesn't hurt and I can eat everything I ate before. I haven't been able to eat anything harder than Cottage Cheese in 3 days and it's driving me nuts. I tried to eat Sukiaki Beef from Edo Japan today (the best stuff ever) which is basically shredded beef on sticky rice and I couldn't even enjoy it. It hurt to chew (maybe I should've gotten the chicken). So today I'm going to try meatloaf for supper.

Also, I already broken off one bracket and two more are loose. Plus my teeth look worse now than they did when I started. When I went in the Orthodontist tried to floss between my front two teeth and could barely get it in there they were so tight together. Now I have like this huge gap that I can fit my thumbnail in! What's with that! I thought they were supposed to get better not worse. I called her and she said not to worry about and that this was normal but it still sucks.

This better get better. WAY better! And it better be SOOOO worth it. I better look thinner or something when I'm done. Or maybe not being able to eat anything will make me lose weight.
Ask me after my weigh in on Sunday.

Off to eat some (more) yogurt.

Ciao.

The Problem With Blogs

The problem with blogs are that once you don't blog for awhile you are less and less inclined to it because it becomes harder and longer. Like now for instance I haven't blogged in a few weeks I think because I've been so busy but I've been putting it off as well because I've been so busy that there's too much to say and I can't remember what I said before. I also assume that most of you who read this regularly are keeping up with me on facebook and therefore are not checking as often. Though I must say that I'm getting kinda bored of facebook and don't go on there much anymore except to change my status and check to see if anyone wrote on my wall or cast a spell on me or something. So that's the problem with blogs - yet since I'm already writing I might as well give a quick update.

We went camping this weekend which was okay once we got settled but I deem that I shall never plan a camping trip again. First people were coming, then they weren't coming, then they were but they were bringing people, then they weren't, then I booked the wrong spot for them so they cancelled and were going early but they couldn't get a spot so they weren't coming, or they were just going to stay with us in our spot. It was a complete gong show! So in the end after all this the only people who came were Jesse and I, J and Ethan, and my Mom (who stayed in our spot) and then my sister's family drove up during the day to visit. This was WAY less people than were originally coming and we ended paying for 3 reservation fees (besides ours) and one extra spot for one night ourselves because we booked other people's spots on our credit cards and they backed out on us. So this was all frustrating to begin with and I almost decided to cancel the whole thing and go somewhere else by ourselves but we didn't. Then to top it all of when we got there (it was like 5 hours away and I drove my Mom's van with no air conditioning) we realized that we left the cooler at home and had no food. It kinda worked out because everyone else brought WAY too much food and shared but I had a little melt down just then in the middle of a public campground and (I'm told) scared a bunch of little kids with my sailor talk (aka I swore a lot). But in the end it worked out okay. I had to share my hammock a little more than I would have liked and I think Jesse and I argue more than my Mom can handle but then as far as I'm concerned she can get her own camping spot next time.

So that's that. Besides the camping and the fact that we are FINALLY finished moving (not unpacking, just moving) not a whole lot is going on. My birthday is coming up next weekend (on the 18th for all of you want to send presents) and then I get my braces on on the 21st and before we know it it will be September and Jesse will be going back to school full time (which will be kinda nice cause then at least I'll know his schedule but I'll miss having his income). This will be his last first day of school in September for hopefully a long time because he'll be convocating next fall (after one summer class). Then he can work and I can go to school and kick out a couple of babies. Sounds like a plan to me :)

Well that's all I think. I should go back to work. Hopefully I'll blog again soon but maybe not - we'll see.

Ciao

Wow I haven't blogged in so long and so much has happened that I had to go back and read my previous blog so that I knew how to update you all.

My long weekend went well ( I think...I don't really remember) and so did my weekend in Minot with my Mom. We ate wayyyyy to much great food and shopped for clothes. It was fun. But now I'm back to work and focusing on moving. We got the keys on Monday night but I honestly haven't had any time to go over there or start moving since. Jesse did the walk though check with the Manager Lady yesterday so it's officially ours to do what we will with from now on. So tomorrow is going to be a big day of packing and moving. The best part about it being so close is that we can kinda pack and move at the same time. I thought our current apartment was small until I started pulling things out of all the drawers, cupboards, and shelves and started stacking them in boxes out of their nice little hiding places. You can barely breathe in there right now and we've hardly packed anything really. I can't wait to get some of this stuff out. I truly believe that there is nothing more liberating than packing up all your possessions and stripping your living space bare and clean then starting all over. I love the look of an empty room or apartment. It's so freeing.

On a completely different note we went to see the new Harry Potter movie yesterday. It was so good. In some ways I liked it better than the book and that's saying A LOT. You all should definitely go see it. Then tonight my sister, brother-in-law, little brother and Jesse are all going to the football game. I really considered going this time. I just know that the only reason I want to go is to hang with everyone and I have no real interest whatsoever in watching the game which will drive everyone else nuts. So I gave my ticket to my brother. I don't really understand the interest in watching sports. I don't even like playing them that much why would you want to sit for hours and watch them? Though I've never been much of a dancer but I could sit and watch a dance performance for quite awhile. I remember skipping a whole day of class once in High School because they were using the auditorium for the dance school performances and adjudications and I just sat and watched all day. I even watched some dances more than once. I think it has something to do with the music.

Anyways that's about all that's new for now. I guess it's not that much but it sure feels like it.

Ciao

Excited!

Yeah the long weekend is almost here! Only 4.5 more hours of work (5.5 if you count lunch) and I'm home free for 3 days with not much responsibility beyond cleaning my house and waxing my legs. I can't wait.

We almost got the apartment stuff sorted out without much help of the chick who lives there. Basically we just found out what number her apartment was, went to her building, buzzed the manager and asked if we could see the apartment and fill out an application form. It went well I think. We should hopefully hear back today about it. I don't see why we wouldn't get it. We told her we needed to know by Saturday so that we could give our notice at our existing apartment and she said she'd try her best. If we don't hear back today I think we might go in and ask our current landlords what would happen if we gave our notice but then decided not to move. As long as they haven't promised it to someone else I don't see I problem do you? You never know with Boardwalk.

Other than that things are good. I'm been having a few troubles with one of the women at work but I promised Jesse I wouldn't gossip about it and I think it'll all be okay because my supervisor is on my side of things.

I'm really excited to go to Minot next week and at the possibility of moving. I can't wait to have a bigger place. Undoubtedly though you will hear something in the next month about how much moving sucks and I wish I didn't have to do it or at least that I could learn magic or hire Hermione to come and move it with the flick of a wand. That would be nice.

Well that's it. Gotta go. Work to be done.

Ciao.